Busy day today, ashpan finished, injector plumbed, axle pump plumbed, pressure gauge fitted and a footplate and water control valves fitted.
Big day planned for Saturday. I'll take Romulus to the local track for a test run!!! I don't have a tender so I'll run plastic tubing to a bucket of water. It will be fun. Oh, I finally got the lubricator primed. Had a fussy check ball and wouldn't pump. It does now.
check out the injector. That is an Enos Yoder original design; a very talented builder.
I hope to post a video on Sunday.

He said it works well and that Enos had built many of them. It is very nicely made and by the size of the cones should put out a lot of water. I don't know how it would respond to hot water as in a saddle tank engine.

Enos is quite a craftsman and has built 16 or so engines all of the style in this photo. Nice looking engines.

Today I made the brake shaft and the drop links that hang on it. Also made the manual knob for applying the brakes and the big nut that connects it all together. Long day but lots got done. Just need to make 4 clevises and the connecting rods to tie it all together. These brakes apply via compression rather than compression and are only on the rear axle (per the prints). I did do a different kind of actuation method. But:
That's the brakes!!